Here is a little fact that you don’t read about in many parenting books, no pregnancy books that I can think of, and isn’t covered in childbirth classes: as a mother, you are the warrior for your child. This is kind of an intimidating thought. As if knowing you’re responsible for the care of a little being isn’t worrisome enough, but add to it the knowledge that you will be one of the few, possibly only, that will fight tooth and nail for your child’s well being… YIKES!
True, rarely is armor or spears needed, although many good mothers would be all too happy to use either for the well being of their children, but as mothers we usually come across choices and battles that we never foresaw as we held our babies just moments after their grand arrival. We can’t anticipate what they’ll be. For some it will be battling with doctors to get the best health care for their children. For some it will be battling with schools for the best education. Plenty will battle with their children to help them be the people we knew they could be.
The good news is that as women we really are equipped to handle these battles. I never understood the idea of women being the weaker sex. True, in general we are physically weaker (although don’t tell that to the woman on the cover of the weight lifting magazine), but women have an incredible emotional and mental strength. We may throw a vase (or any other small to mid-sized object, occasionally anything we can lift) at your head, but that doesn’t mean we’re emotionally weaker. Nor does crying when mad, sad, happy, or it is a day that ends in “y”; it just means we are more expressive.
We’re familiar with, “"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned," written by William Congreve. The reality is the fury of a woman scorned is nothing compared to a woman fighting for her child. A woman scorned is like a friendly disagreement compared to a woman fighting for the best interests of her child. Don’t doubt this.
So go ahead and put on that Covergirl war paint! Seriously, use the eye shadow to draw lines across your cheeks; it might freak out the administration at your kid’s school so much that if you ever have an issue with them they’ll cave immediately instead of having to deal with the crazy lady that wears blue eye shadow across her cheeks. (Hey, they claim blue is “in” again!)
True, rarely is armor or spears needed, although many good mothers would be all too happy to use either for the well being of their children, but as mothers we usually come across choices and battles that we never foresaw as we held our babies just moments after their grand arrival. We can’t anticipate what they’ll be. For some it will be battling with doctors to get the best health care for their children. For some it will be battling with schools for the best education. Plenty will battle with their children to help them be the people we knew they could be.
The good news is that as women we really are equipped to handle these battles. I never understood the idea of women being the weaker sex. True, in general we are physically weaker (although don’t tell that to the woman on the cover of the weight lifting magazine), but women have an incredible emotional and mental strength. We may throw a vase (or any other small to mid-sized object, occasionally anything we can lift) at your head, but that doesn’t mean we’re emotionally weaker. Nor does crying when mad, sad, happy, or it is a day that ends in “y”; it just means we are more expressive.
We’re familiar with, “"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned," written by William Congreve. The reality is the fury of a woman scorned is nothing compared to a woman fighting for her child. A woman scorned is like a friendly disagreement compared to a woman fighting for the best interests of her child. Don’t doubt this.
So go ahead and put on that Covergirl war paint! Seriously, use the eye shadow to draw lines across your cheeks; it might freak out the administration at your kid’s school so much that if you ever have an issue with them they’ll cave immediately instead of having to deal with the crazy lady that wears blue eye shadow across her cheeks. (Hey, they claim blue is “in” again!)
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